It is not yet April; the Magnolia soulangeana is already in bloom, and my daylilies are 7” tall. Have we really dodged winter so successfully? And what does it mean for this growing season, you may ask? Suzy Hartford has submitted an article this month that attempts to answer that question.
Learn tools to manage and lessen the damage that can occur living with deer, geese, rabbits, skunks, bats, moles, voles, raccoons, woodchucks, and urban coyote.
The Shaker Lakes Garden Club is seeking a small, select team of floral designers (2 to 5) to create a pair of LARGE arrangements to celebrate our club’s pivotal role in the birth of The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.
The Charitable Projects Committee met on March 3 and chose two proposals worthy of a $5,000 award, the largest that the club gives annually. Club members will vote for the project they prefer at the April membership meeting, or a written vote may be submitted before April 23 if they are unable to attend the meeting.
For those SLGC members who missed our hypertufa workshops two years ago, or those who would like to do it again, Cleveland Botanic Garden is hosting two workshops – one for creating the hypertufa container, and one for planting its innards.
Join National Geographic and the National Park Service in Cuyahoga Valley National Park for the National Parks BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival, May 20-21, 2016. Cuyahoga Valley National Park has been chosen as the BioBlitz “showcase” park for the Midwest Region!
A 7-session course in Botanical Painting is being offered at CBG, in the gardens, on Tuesdays, April 12, 19, 26 and,May 3, 10, 17 & 24 from 1:30 - 4 p.m.
For all Perennial Centennial enterers, be you entering in Floral Design, Horticulture, or Botanical Jewelry, there is a great online database for plant nomenclature: Plantipedia.
Let’s Share! SLGC has a new Facebook page! We hope that this group will be an interactive way for all current, paid members of SLGC to share information gardening and Club activities. Visibility of the information and ability to post is limited to those who belong to the group.
The Garden Club of Cleveland is hosting a special conservation meeting on the troubling issue of Asian carp invasion in Lake Erie on the evening of April 26 at Laurel School, following our monthly membership meeting.